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What Can the Energy Industry Expect Under the Trump Administration?

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator President Obama took office eight years ago determined to address the United States’ emission of greenhouse gases (GHG). The President was unsuccessful in getting Congress to take much action other than extending … Continue reading →

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New Website Promotes Ease of Use, Free Training Tools

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Enerdynamics

  Enerdynamics recently launched a completely redesigned and much-improved enerdynamics.com. The new website is a significant upgrade from the previous site as it boasts a responsive design (meaning it is now mobile- and tablet-friendly), and it offers some helpful tools … Continue reading →

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Gas Storage Safety:  What is Next After Aliso Canyon?

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Enerdynamics

by Christina Nagy-McKenna, Enerdynamics Instructor On Oct. 23, 2015, the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage field owned by Southern California Gas Company developed a vast, persistent leak that the utility was unable to contain until Feb. 12, 2016.  Full repercussions … Continue reading →

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The Four Key Steps to Understanding Utility Rates

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Enerdynamics

  by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Perhaps the most important factor in the gas and electric utility business is the setting of rates.  This determines what customers pay for their services and establishes the utility’s opportunity to … Continue reading →

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New Utility Business Models Must Address Solar Integration

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor How utilities should compensate customers for solar power put onto the grid and whether they should charge customers for costs of grid connection are key issues that utilities face in 2016 and … Continue reading →

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New Edition of ‘Understanding Today’s Natural Gas Business’ Now Available

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Enerdynamics

Looking to brush up on natural gas trends in 2016 or just starting in the energy industry and need a solid overview of how the natural gas business operates?  Enerdynamics recently released its 2015 edition of Understanding Today’s Natural Gas Business, a … Continue reading →

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Southstream Pipeline: Will Economics Triumph over Politics?

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Enerdynamics

by Christina Nagy-McKenna, Enerdynamics Instructor Late last month Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet after it allegedly flew into Turkish airspace. As the world waited for the Russian Federation’s response to what its President Vladimir Putin called “a stab … Continue reading →

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Will Entrepreneurs Save Us from Global Climate Change?

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and CEO “Producing large-scale, reliable, affordable, and carbon-free energy is one of these key global problems. The swords that cut this Gordian Knot: breakthrough technologies built and deployed by entrepreneurial companies with global scope.” ~ Reid … Continue reading →

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Defining the Uses for Electricity Storage

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor “Even without subsidies, certain storage technologies are already cost-competitive with certain conventional alternatives (for example, lithium-ion batteries for certain power grid support applications). Other storage technologies are close to being cost-competitive in … Continue reading →

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Will a Gulf in Energy Services Become the Next Digital Divide?

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Concerns over the Digital Divide are widespread. As described by Internet World Stats: “The Digital Divide, or the digital split, is a social issue referring to the differing amount of information between … Continue reading →

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